GRC Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring GRC skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 153 220
Rank change year-on-year +1 +67 +8
Permanent jobs citing GRC 15 13 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.28% 0.46% 0.40%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.92% 2.87% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 6
10th Percentile - - £43,750
25th Percentile £51,250 - £49,120
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - £70,910
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.19%
75th Percentile £116,250 - £73,750
90th Percentile - - £76,080
South East median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% - +12.07%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

GRC falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in the Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 513 453 924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 9.60% 16.06% 14.12%
Number of salaries quoted 296 205 568
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £50,250 £36,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.85% +35.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £72,813 £83,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £90,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year - +18.28% -8.23%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing GRC relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

GRC job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

GRC
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing GRC.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing GRC

GRC
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing GRC in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 19 April 2026.

Salary histogram for GRC in the Thames Valley

GRC
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Buckinghamshire -24 7 £112,500 - 2
Berkshire +4 6 £52,500 - 1
Oxfordshire - 2 £90,000 -
GRC
South East

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 4 (26.67%) Azure
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (20.00%) AWS
2 3 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Firewall
General
1 7 (46.67%) Finance
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Legal
3 3 (20.00%) Banking
4 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Analyst
1 5 (33.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
1 5 (33.33%) Security Analyst
2 2 (13.33%) Junior
2 2 (13.33%) Junior Penetration Tester
2 2 (13.33%) Junior Tester
2 2 (13.33%) Penetration Tester
2 2 (13.33%) Senior
2 2 (13.33%) Tester
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Coordinator
3 1 (6.67%) Lead
3 1 (6.67%) Risk Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Security Risk Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Cybersecurity Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Risk Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.67%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (46.67%) Risk Management
3 5 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (33.33%) Security Architecture
4 4 (26.67%) Analytics
4 4 (26.67%) Data Analytics
4 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (20.00%) Identity Management
5 3 (20.00%) Incident Response
5 3 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
5 3 (20.00%) Web Filtering
6 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
6 2 (13.33%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (13.33%) Protective Monitoring
6 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
6 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (6.67%) Information Security
7 1 (6.67%) ISMS
7 1 (6.67%) IT Governance
7 1 (6.67%) SIEM
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) CISSP
2 5 (33.33%) CISA
3 4 (26.67%) CISM
3 4 (26.67%) Degree
4 3 (20.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 3 (20.00%) CCSP
4 3 (20.00%) CEH
4 3 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (13.33%) CHECK Team Leader
5 2 (13.33%) CHECK Team Member
5 2 (13.33%) OSCP
5 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
6 1 (6.67%) CGEIT
6 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (6.67%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (26.67%) GDPR
3 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (20.00%) NIST
3 3 (20.00%) PCI DSS
4 2 (13.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (6.67%) ITGC
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Google
1 3 (20.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (20.00%) Tenable
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.67%) SAP
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow